Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has moderate length red crest. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She has blue eyes and a black hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She uses divination through singing.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. Iolite (60 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp. Coral (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a blue Stetson hat and blue clothes. With wild chestnut hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She got into the Carter business at a young age. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 10 pp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her auburn hair is lengthy. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Bilga grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Bilga. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This light-skinned male has the majority of his body covered in plate. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears baggy violet pantaloons and a green scarf. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. He has blue eyes and a violet hat with a green feather.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Conrad was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he has a crush on the local bricklayer

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 5000 cp.